North End Prospect

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041805
MRDS ID M057586
Record type Site
Current site name North End Prospect
Related records 10155092

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22276, 39.73494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1455
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF USMM IN SEC 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz Mountain West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012S 012W 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite, Dioctahedral Smectite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.22276, 39.73494

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East.
Type of structure Local
Structure description A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Brush-Wellman

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Brush-Wellman Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PROD FIGURES UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 176.78M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K C, 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MINERAL SURVEY BULL 110

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M H, & OSTERWALD, F W, 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1069

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M H, AND CARR, W J, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE CO, UT: USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M H, AND WILMARTH, V R, & BAUER, H L, JR, 1951, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB CO, UT: USGS TEI #136, 88 P.

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON STAATZ, USGS BULL 1069

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON STAATZ, USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP LINDSEY, USGS MAP I-1176

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MIN SUR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.